ZHA to design on a R36 billion site

Famous London-based Zaha Hadid Architects plans to build a 35-storey office tower on the most expensive site in the world in Hong Kong by 2022. The highly-esteemed firm is working with Henderson Land Development for a prominent office building on a public parking lot site worth a massive g £2.2 billion (over R36-billion).

According to a spokesperson, the practice aims to build an iconic Grade A office building, targeting to be a ‘green, smart and healthy’ development, with the relevant highest international accreditations.

Star architect and founder, Zaha Hadid, died in 2016. She was described as the ‘Queen of curves’ and was the first woman to win the Pritzker Architect Prize. She was also the first and only woman to be awarded the Royal Gold Medal from the Royal Institute of British Architects.